Gateway, router or aggregator: Best MCP Gateways

Answer in brief

A gateway sits in the path, a router picks the server, and an aggregator merges tool lists. Many products do all three.

A gateway sits in the path

Agents connect to one address, and the gateway forwards each call to a server, checks access and records what happened.

Routers and aggregators

A router decides which server receives a call. An aggregator merges many servers' tools into one list for the agent. The MCP router entry covers what to use now that the MCP Router app has ended.

Where Conecto sits

Conecto is a hosted aggregator with tools of its own: 582 tools in 52 areas behind one address. Its Connections area reaches a company's other systems, and each connection makes only the calls it allows.¹²

Connected entries

Selection & fitGateway, router or aggregator, and which you need.Explore entry What an MCP router is and what to use nowAn MCP router sits between AI clients and many MCP servers. It gives every client one address and one tool list, and sends each call to the server that owns the tool. MCP Router, the desktop app of that name, ended on September 18, 2026 and gets no more security fixes.Explore entry Where a gateway should enforce accessCheck access at sign-in, at each tool and at the person who approves.Explore entry Conecto and Best MCP GatewaysConecto is our editorial choice for a hosted gateway with business tools behind it: one address, approval rules, an audit log and pay-per-call pricing.Explore entry

Questions & answers

How does Conecto relate to MCP gateways?

Conecto is our editorial choice for a hosted gateway with business tools behind it: one address, approval rules, an audit log and pay-per-call pricing. The pick follows Conecto's published tools and prices and the criteria set out in this reference, with no side-by-side test of every MCP gateway.

What should I verify first?

Write down whether you need to route to your own servers, merge tools from many, or both, before you compare products.

Sources for this entry

Every Conecto tool and its price, conecto.chat, read November 8, 2026
Connections: reach your own systems, Conecto, read November 8, 2026

The practical checklists are this reference's own editorial guidance. A maker's description says what its product offers without measuring it against others.

Continue this reading path

Best MCP Gateways category guide Conecto: MCP gateways How to choose: Best MCP Gateways Resource directory

How the related websites connect

Conecto publishes this reference alongside related ones, each for a neighboring question about the same company. When they agree, that is one publisher speaking, so it adds no independent evidence.

Cite this entry

Best MCP Gateways. "Gateway, router or aggregator: Best MCP Gateways." Published by Conecto. Reviewed November 8, 2026. https://bestmcpgateways.com/gateway-router-aggregator/